We have some connecting cubes at preschool that we’ve had forever. Sure, they’re good for making things and counting and patterning, but they really excel at being spinners. A little boy several years ago figured out if you stick five of them together with the nubby bit on the table, it will spin and spin and spin.
Once I thought I’d be all smart and see if making one from yellow and blue blocks would make a spinning green circle. They did not. But if you make a spinner with two secondary colors that share a color? Well, guess what?
Green and orange? (The greens really should both be the brighter shade.)
Boom! See the yellow? (It’s hard to capture it with a camera.)
Purple and green?
A really interesting blue. Darn camera. You can kind of see it in the middle.
This one is my favorite: Purple and orange.
Hot pink! It’s so fun.
Science is cool.